Colonel David James Wood MBE (23 February 1923 – 12 March 2009) was the last surviving officer of the coup de main operation carried out by glider borne troops of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd), on D Day, 6 June 1944, tasked with capturing Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began.

Wood was a D Company platoon commander in the coup de main operation on D Day led by Major John Howard.

Wood's platoon's objective was to clear trenches, machine-gun nests and the anti-tank gun pit along the east bank of Pegasus Bridge.

Along with his 'Batman' Pvt Albert Chatfield he was shot in the leg by a burst from a Machine Pistol whilst leading his platoon.

Following the Second World War, Wood served in Greece, the Suez Canal Zone, BAOR, Cyprus, Malaya, Northern Ireland, and Aden.